Mochi Sweets (Bugis+)

Bugis+, formerly Iluma, has gone through an entire overhaul, and I've noticed much more customers there as compared to the ghost-town it was previously. Many new and established eateries have set up store there, which has no doubt contributed to the increase in traffic.

Having heard good things of the mochi located there, I got my sister to buy back a box of 6 from Mochi Sweets when she made a trip to Bugis+ this afternoon.

Being a shop selling Japanese sweets, the mochi came beautifully wrapped and put inside a pretty carrier, true to the customs of its home country. There was a piece of paper atop the mochi, with the exact flavor of each one written on top of where it was placed. This was a very thoughtful gesture of the shop because one hardly can tell from looking at the mochi alone what flavor each individual one is.

From the top left, clockwise: Purple Potato, Red Bean, Strawberry, Black Chocolate, Sakura, Peach.

So far I've only tried the Sakura and Black Chocolate flavors, and I particularly enjoyed the latter, with it's semi-sweet dark chocolate interior going very well with the chewy, soft exterior. When put inside the fridge for a while, it would taste rather like mochi icecream.

At $2.50 for the normal flavors (Purple Potato, Red Bean, Strawberry & Peach) and $2.80 for the special flavors (Black Chocolate & Sakura), this isn't cheap, but it made a delicious sweet end to our dinner anyway.